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Bicycle Thieves

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Bicycle Thieves

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Summary

Classic social drama starring Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola. In postwar Rome a man struggling to support his family searches for his stolen bicycle, which is essential to his income.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Co-scripted by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica, this urban parable is the masterwork of the neorealist movement. Exploring the response of ordinary people to the sociopolitical changes sweeping postwar Italy, the film adopts a "flow of life" structure, comprising vignettes of differing emotional intensity as it follows long-unemployed Lamberto Maggiorani and his son, Enzo Staiola, around Rome in search of the stolen bicycle on which the family depends for its livelihood. Alternating travelling shots of poetic symbolism with stark close-ups of his non-professional leads, De Sica achieves an ironic humanism that can't fail to touch the heart.

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8.2/10

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Cast

rolenameAntonio RicciLamberto MaggioraniMaria RicciLianella CarellBruno RicciEnzo StaiolaThe LadyElena AltieriThe ThiefVittorio AntonucciBajoccoGino SaltamerendaAmateur actorFausto Guerzoni

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rolenameDirectorVittorio De Sica

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Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2008-12-19

Languages

German | Italian

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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